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Domain hosting, like domain registration, doesn't cost very much. In fact, you can host a domain for as little as $10 or less per month if you find the right host. Most people recommend Host Gator but you should do your own homework so that you can find the best host for you. Again, choose one that offers good customer support.

You'll also want to make sure that the host offers Cpanel. This is a graphic interface that makes managing your websites much easier, even if you're not very technically proficient. If you don't know anything about websites, the host's customer service can usually walk you through most of it, and that's why you'll want to choose a host that offers superior customer service in case you get stuck.

You'll also want to make sure you host your domain on its own account. That's because hosting a domain on an account with other domains makes it more difficult when you try to sell that account and then transfer it. It's best to keep everything separate so that the transfer process as is clean and easy as possible. You'll also want to create a reseller account, which is designed for doing exactly what we'll be doing: flipping websites for profit.

Ok, so let's assume your website is now registered, hosted and now all that's left is the actual building of the website, which is the most fun part of the entire process.

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It is possible to have too much traffic to your website? It is certainly not the worst problem in the world to have, but one you should be prepared to deal with at some point. You never know what could happen if a boost of visitors beyond the capacity of your little website happens to stop by. When a website is overloaded it can shut down, or you might be forced to pay extra to your web host because you do not have enough bandwidth to support the influx of visitors.

You are probably reading this thinking that you will not have that problem, but unexpected things do happen. As an example, a relatively small time blogger was recently invited to the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama to participate in a family and workplace forum.

This event was widely reported on various news sites, including big ones like MSNBC and CNN. Exciting news for the blogger no doubt, but there is also potential for disaster. Her sudden popularity could cause her website to crash, or to stop running smoothly due to the increase in visitors. While the added visitors are certainly a boon to her business it does not look if a popular site has crashed.

Luckily you can prepare for these issues. Do your best to make the necessary arrangements to keep your site from falling apart should it become popular all of a sudden.

One of the other problems you could experience with a website is called a Denial of Service Attack. This is a malicious attack that will flood your site with so many requests that it causes the proverbial meltdown.

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People will not become instant fans of your brand, even if it's a product they adore and use regularly, if you don't offer them a reason to. In other words, you need to engage people and offer them an incentive to become your fans.

Some of the most common tactics include contests that require users to sign up to take part with prizes ranging from products to gift certificates, or offering discount coupons to those who join. The advantage to these methods is that once a customer agrees to input their Facebook information, a link to the contest will then be published on their wall as well, which leads to the contest becoming viral.

If you cannot afford to offer discounts or giveaways, another option is to simply ask your customers to become your Facebook fans. You can do this by advertising your social media pages on all your outgoing emails, existing websites and other advertising mediums you may already be using. You might be surprised how effective this approach is.

Remember that having a large following on Facebook is not simply about increasing sales but about increasing brand awareness as well. The more people are talking about your brand, the more sales you will eventually make because word of mouth advertising is one of the most powerful sales tools in the world.

Another interesting strategy is to use social media sites in a loyalty program. For example, you could offer customers two points for every purchase they make from you and another point if they become a fan and post about their purchase on their Facebook account. Once they reach a certain number of points you can offer them a freebie of some sort. The traffic and sales you generate will more than offset the costs of running the campaign and you will have the added advantage of having built a loyal following as well.

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A squeeze or landing page is a page that people have arrived at by clicking on a pay per click ad, a link on a website, a banner ad or even from doing a keyword search. Your goal with a landing page is to get people to take action. You either want them to click on a buy button, sign up for an affiliate program, buy an e-book, sign up for a free e-course or subscribe to a newsletter.

When you have a product or service to sell, you have to have a way to introduce that product to people. This is very effectively done with a landing page. However, you cannot just throw together a page and then expect people to flock to it and buy what you're offering. You must put thought and effort into the website so that you look credible. Your site must be rich in content. If it's not, people are going to become annoyed and your reputation may even become tarnished.

Finally, you must convince them to give you their information. You must tell them exactly what you're offering, what you plan to do with their information (such as send them a newsletter) and you must let them know that their information is being compiled in a list. The more honest you are with your subscribers, the better they'll react when they receive your first communication.

The squeeze or landing page informs the visitor of the benefits of the product or service you're offering and it also forces people to give you their information before they can access the actual webpage that promotes the product or service. It is essentially a bribe. You generally promise to give them access to a free product in exchange for their information. This is one of the best ways to build a list that you can then use to sell to again and again.

Your landing page must provide valuable information or else it won't get the response you're after. After all, the people who have found your landing page, as long as you were marketing correctly, were searching for what you have to offer. As long as you provide some of the information they want, you'll do well.

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We all know the clichés about the amazing feats of the best salespeople, likened to being able to sell ice to Eskimos and sand to Arabs. As a copywriter, you are, whether you like it or not, a salesperson.

Some people may not like the implications of that. After all, doesn’t your heart sink when a salesperson appears on your doorstep? Don’t you perform a quick detour like a pro footballer avoiding a tackle whenever a salesperson heads your way in the mall?

Copywriters need to feel comfortable with what they are doing. This is crucial if you are to produce your best copy. Remember that selling is just about the oldest profession on the planet (there is one supposedly older, also vaguely sales-related). Get rid of all the salespeople and everything stops. Stores close down and trade disappears, locally, nationally, globally.

Copywriters are part of a noble profession without which the world could not operate.

You need to want to sell ice to Eskimos to be a copywriter. You can’t judge the rights or wrongs of the issue. It is not your job to decide whether anyone truly needs what you are promoting; you just need to promote it when asked to do so. Look around your home and count the items you truly need to have in there to survive. There won’t be much.

To write effective copy, you must be passionate about selling, not just writing. Passion is the key that unlocks the door through to that VIP lounge where only the top copywriters get to chill out after a job well done (and well paid).

You must have met a salesperson who made you feel enthusiastic about a product you never knew you wanted. That’s the effect your writing must have. Equally, you will have no doubt encountered the opposite type who approaches you with the sale already lost in their mind. It’s in their expression, their gait, their voice. Be mindful that it is possible to inject all those negative elements into the written word. If you sit down to a copywriting project feeling bored by the whole prospect, then you are doing your client and your talent a huge disservice.

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What you are about to learn has been applied by the pros in the game for some time now. Regardless of that fact, it still works a treat. All you need to do is work the system with the following sneaky tactics, and your traffic from article directories will experience a new sense of life.

By now you know the exact framework on which to build and write your articles. What follows next is the butter on the bread, the icing on the cake. This is why you bought this eBook in the first place, and I'm confident you won't be disappointed because what I'm about to teach you is not known by most marketers using article directories.

As a matter of fact, I doubt that it will ever be known to them. These secret tactics have been carefully protected by the most successful article marketers for obvious reasons. Now you can follow in their footsteps and dominate any niche you want.

Before I tell you this information I want to stress something VERY important to you. What you're about to learn borders on grey hat marketing. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing unjust about it, but you should think about how to cover your tracks if you want to preserve this method for a long time to come.

I'm not stating this lightly. These “secrets” are actually worth a lot of money if used correctly. Therefore you want to cover your back very carefully. EZA is very particular with their rules. Not following my suggestions below might get you banned, while your competition will keep on exploding their traffic with the tricks in this eBook.

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The value of split testing lies in the fact that you will be able to increase your CTR exponentially in time by identifying what works and improving on it. The idea is that you run two or more ads in parallel for the same keyword and then, according to your CTR, keep the ad that offers the best results. Even a small thing such as capitalizing words in your URL can make a big difference to your results which is why split testing is so important.

Google allows you to easily test different ads against each other by automatically alternating the ads you assign to a specific ad groups. It will subsequently show you the number of impressions, the clicks as well as the click through rates for each ad. While you can test as many ads as you like, its best you stick to only two at a time for faster results.

Once you have at least fifty clicks for the two ads combined you can make a decision as to which ad you wish to keep and which you will toss based on your CTR. Don’t rush this part because any less than fifty clicks will not show you an accurate picture and you may end up throwing out an ad that could have converted quite well.

One note, though, is that you need to remember to set Google to show both ads fifty percent of the time each. Otherwise, Google will automatically show the one that is receiving more clicks and you won’t gain an accurate picture.

While initially you are probably just looking for the highest CTR, you should wait a little longer if you can afford to and, using Google’s conversion tracking, find out which ad has a higher conversion rate as well. Remember, even if the ad has a lower CTR but generates more revenue, then it’s the one you want to keep.

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Wp Super Cache

This plugin is a must have for two very important reasons. First, it makes your WP pages load lightning quick. If you’ve got a lot of graphics or big sites, this is critical to keeping your visitors from leaving too soon.

Second, it stores static versions of your site and uses a lot less CPU processing than if you just used WordPress by itself.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/

Requires WordPress Version: 2.6 or higher

Compatible up to: 3.0.1

Last Updated: 2010-6-16

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Akismet

I don’t have to tell you what a pain in the backside spam comments are. Akisment stops them dead in their tracks. This is probably the one plugin that nobody should be without, especially if you plan on having a very popular blog and allowing comments by your visitors.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/

Requires WordPress Version: 2.0 or higher

Compatible up to: 3.0.1

Last Updated: 2010-8-16

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WpTouch Iphone Theme

With the Iphone being such a big thing today, this is a must have plugin. What it does essentially is this. If a person visits your site through an Iphone or some other mobile device, it displays a lighter version of the site specifically designed for mobile users.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/

Requires WordPress Version: 2.8 or higher

Compatible up to: 3.0.1

Last Updated: 2010-9-9

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WP DB Manager

Database management is something that not very many people give a second thought to but it’s critical to do, especially with all the hackers that are out there. This plugin has a lot of cool features in addition to backing up your database, including automatically emailing you a copy of your database each day.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/

Requires WordPress Version: 2.8 or higher

Last Updated: 2009-6-8

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SEO Smart Links

This is such a cool plugin. If you’re not linking from one article on your WordPress blog to another, you should be. Well, this plugin interlinks keywords in your articles for you.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/seo-automatic-links/

Requires WordPress Version: 2.3 or higher

Compatible up to: 2.9.2

Last Updated: 2010-6-2

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WordPress Related Posts

This is a great little plugin for keeping people on your site. If they’re reading one of your articles, the best thing you can do is to put more articles in front of them to keep them going through your site. This plugin does just that.

https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-23-relatedposts- plugin/

Requires WordPress Version: 2.3 or higher

Compatible up to: 2.8.4

Last Updated: 2010-6-22

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The first question that you must ask yourself here is ‘How do I create a Facebook profile’. Well in this cyber technology era, the tools of communication take a different course. Those who are using only the telephone for distant communication should know that they are living in the caveman or dark ages. With the internet’s introduction, people have been able to get in touch with others across the different continents. Get in touch with friends and loved ones in any corner of the world.

The growth of social networking sites like Facebook has made it easier to get instant updates. You can know all that is happening around you and the world in a matter of seconds. The other factor here is that these famous social networking sites can help you create profiles with ease. These are not regular profiles, but are a summary of what you are, what your business is all about and other relevant factors.

The first prerequisite here is to have an email address. Anyone with an email address can create a Facebook profile. However, there are age requirements on Facebook that all the account users should adhere to. Some of these are being 13years. Even though this age requirement is not strictly followed, it is suggested that you abide by them. Not following the rules may result in cancellation of account.

Those who have a valid email address and abide by the other criteria can start doing business on Facebook instantly. The idea is that once you sign up for a Facebook account, you should give enough information to impress others. Not too much, but a little information would cover these requirements. There is some necessary information here which is compulsory. Apart from this you can give information to create an impact on the other users.

For example, if you have a business of garments then adding some facts about it can help others know about it. Once you submit these details, you will get the confirmation email from Facebook. At this email address you will have to click on a given link to ensure that your email address is valid. Double check your id before submitting the same or else you will have to repeat the ordeal again.

Once you log into your account, search for your friends and find relatives here. Those who are new to the social networking site should know that you can add business contacts here also.

Those who already have friends on this site can request them to add you on the list. This entire process can be repeated for finding other friends. The concept of adding friends is a major tool for staying connected. With friends you can get updated information about social activities and happenings on your Facebook account.